Work From Home Stuffing Envelopes: Is It Real?

Work from home stuffing envelopes ads might look appealing to someone who’s desperate for cash, but most of them are scams. The Federal Trade Commission has pursued charges against 77 envelope stuffing schemes in 17 states and the scam continues to be big a problem on the Internet.

The envelope stuffing scam usually involves a starter kit. The kit isn’t free. The victim pays for the kit, in hopes of receiving envelopes to stuff for money, but instead receives a set of instructions on how to scam other people with the same scheme. In some cases, people send in their money for a kit and never even receive anything at all in return.

The concept of stuffing envelopes from home for money doesn’t even make sense financially for a company. Envelopes are really cheap and it would cost a company far less money to stuff the envelopes themselves, rather than pay a stranger to do it. If you really want to work from home, explore other options like freelance writing, virtual assistant work or telemarketing.

Sadly, people are scammed by the envelope stuffing scheme every day and some people have even given out personal information, including their social security number. This scam is nothing new. It started as an offline mail scam over twenty years ago and has now become a bigger problem on the Internet.

It is possible to work from home stuffing envelopes, but only through an arrangement with a local business. This could be a local business that you could visit yourself and ask if they would be interested. You would work as an independent contractor and contract your services to local businesses. You could also provide direct mail service, promoting a product for a businesses and possibly earn a commission per sale.

If you are still determined to find a legitimate envelope stuffing company and work from home, be prepared to do a lot of research. Watch out for the warning signs of an envelope scam at hand.

Here are a few red flags for a envelope scam:

• The company asks for money without an explanation of the job or anything else.
• The company doesn’t have a customer service number, or a physical mailing address.
• The company promises unrealistic work at home income.
• The company charges several fees in addition to a starter kit.

There are numerous ways to make a real living working from home and stuffing envelopes is not one of them unless you are able to establish your own legit stay at home business doing it. Even if it were legit, would you really want to stuff envelopes for money? You won’t make very much money and it would be extremely boring. You would probably make more money with a work at home customer service job. There are all sorts of telecommuting jobs available online that allow experienced entrepreneurs to work from home and earn an honest living. Take a look around and conduct plenty of research.